glad you're with us. it's almost the start of the new year and the time when many of us think about our futures and, at least for me, that includes traveling. maybe it does for you, as well. i recently spoke with travel writer andrew mccarthy about his experiences. yes, he is the same andrew mccarthy who starred in 1980s teen classics such as "pretty in pink" and "weekend at bernie's." first, you know i had to ask him how he went from actor to world traveler? >> about ten years ago i sort of began this accidental second career as a travel writer. i had been traveling a great deal personally and then i found that none of the travel writing i was reading was capturing the essence of the trips that i was having. so, i just began to write about it. i started writing for magazines and i'm an editor now at "national geographic traveler" and write for other newspapers and magazines and blossomed into this career because i followed a passion, really. >> in your book, you take off from patgonia, which some call th